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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

COFFEE PLANTATION IN MEXI-
Co.-While at Jalapa l met Senor
Pablo de Lascurrain, and accepted
an invitation to visit his farm, situ-
ated few miles distant, and embrac-
ing all that immense chain OF noun
tains which extends to the gulf.
We left on horseback in the morn
ing, and after pleasant ride OF two
hours arrived at the hacienda, a small
but very comfortable house. After
a good dinner the senior ordered the
horses and we started out to see a
portion of the farm. OF course only
small fraction of the land is under
cultivation, the remainder being pas
ture lands, woods, and mountains.
About two miles from the hacienda
we came to an immense coffee plan
tation containing between thirty and
forty thousand trees, which are
shaded by eighty thousand banana
trees. The coffee tree, although re-
quiring a moist, tropical climate,
cannot bear the sun, and hence each
tree has to he shaded by two or more
banana trees.
The region around Jalapa is far
better for raising coffee than in the
famous district near Orizaba, where
the average Is about one-third Of a
pound per tree. The senior without
any difficulty managed to bring the
average up to nearly pound. Be-
fore ripening the berry is of bright
red color and shortly after it turns
brown, when it is ready to pick.
After being gathered the berries are
thrown into large wooden mortars,
where they are pounded and the
grains of coffee separated from the
covering. The next process is to
dry them thoroughly, after which
they are packed in bags and are ready
for the market. AS for the banana,
each tree produces one large bunch
and then dies. The fruit is so abund-
ant that it is not picked, but is al
lowed to dry on the stem.
METROPOLITAN FUNERALs.-The
poor of New York are the most ex-
travagant people in the world in the
management of their funerals, writes
Blakely Hall. When death occurs
the hawks descend upon the house in
fiocks. The richest undertakers are
in the tenement house districts, and
they have agents and wires innumer-
able. Many of them count their for
tunes in six figures, though they,
live in squalor and apparent poverty.
They own livery stables, grog shops
and tenement houses, and every ten
ant, employe and political "heeler"
is expected to work for the under
taker who patronizes him. The
manufacturers of notices, wreaths,
shrouds, texts and other catchpenny
devices, that hang upon the human
woe, are in close accord with the un-
dertaker. ...
They extend their lines across the
river and out to Calvary cemetery,
on the outskirts of Brooklyn. Here
the tenement house dead are buried,
coffin on top of coffin, till as many
as six bodies rest in one grave. All
along the dusty road to the grave
yard are rum shops and beer sa-
loons-mere speculations on the part
of the undertakers.
Up town it is the custom to con-
duct funerals with extraordinary pri-
vacy, and when the ceremony can
be performed in a country house, the
dead is conveyed out of town with
out any formaIities at all. The one
idea of poor New York is to make
show of the dead, while rich New
York abhors it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

RB- Not a day passes over the earth
but men and women of no note do
great deeds, speak great words, and
suffer noble sorrows. OF these OBJ
scure heroes, philosophers and mar
tyrs, the greater part will never be
known till that hour when many
that were great shall be small, and
the small great.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

PULSE BEATs.-It is strange how
few people know what their normal
pulse is, said physician to a ST..
Louis Globe reporter. They know
that the average pulse is about sew
enty, and imagine that they are we'll
or otherwise as their pulse approach
es or departs from this standard. 1t
is true that an average of all pulses
would give a result of about seventy
beats, but in no other physical pecu-
liarity is there such a wide individu-
al variation. / had two students in
my Office at the same time, both
very strong and remarkably healthy
young men. The normal pulse of
one was forty-seven and the other
ninety-three. This difference is un-
usual, few pulses falling below sixty
or rising above eighty in a healthy
subject, but an unusually slow or rap
id pulse is no Indication whatever OF
disease, as is popularity supposed to
be the case. Most people overesti-
mate their pulse, as they often count
its beats when talking about the
matter, and it is a fact we'll known to
physicians that the excitement Of
conversation will quicken the pulse
from five to twenty beats. The best
time to arrive at the true normal is
shortly after waking in the morning,
when the nerves are unexcited.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

THE DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS
The Volga river presents striking
example of the effect of destroying
forests-its movement has become an
alteration of destructive floods and
drought which render its navigation
difficult and uncertain. 1t is the
longest river in Europe, and empties
into the Caspian Sea. It is about one
mile wide in its centre part, and two
or three miles near and at the mouth.
Canal systems connect it with the
Neva, st. Petersburg, and the Baltic
sea, and immense as this waterway
system is, it is proposed to extend
1t to Archangel and the White sea
and also to the Black sea through
the River Don.
The incalculable usefulness OF this
system of navigation has only one
serious drawback the stream of Vol
ga becomes shallower every year in
the dry season, and the floods shift
channels and pile up great sand
banks. The Black sea oil traffic has
greatly increased the transport busi-
ness, and affords a cheap and excel
lent fuel for the steamers. The only
remedy for the floods and droughts
is to arrest the destruction of the
forests, and it is said that the Rus
sian Government will attempt to do
so. Unfortunately, the remedy will
not act AS swiftly as the evil, which
in few years has seriously increased
the difficulties of navigation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

PoIsoNs FORMED FROM FOOD
The subject of "Poisons Formed
from Food, and their Relation to
Biliousness and Diarrh9a," has been
considered by DR.. T. Lander Brun-
ton in articles in the Practitioner.
There are persons, he says, or even.
perhaps, "classes ofpeople," to whom
even articles of food, usually salu.
tary, are poisonous. Many articles of
food, also, have property of'split.
ting themselves up 50 as to yield
poisons. The melon and cucumber
tribe of vegetables exhibit tenden-
cy to the formation of purgative SUBJ
stances. In animal foods poisonous
properties are apt to appear either
from particular modes of cooking or
from beginning decomposition. The
decomposition may be effected by
microbic organisms, or by the di-
gestive ferments of the healthy body;
and they are various according to the
peculiar organism or ferment that
sets them up, and according to the
temperature at which they occur,
and the length of time that they con-
tinue. Some of the products of de-
composition are poisonous in yari-
GUS degrees of activity, while others
are innocuous.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

b4 The influence of one good wo-
man is more than that of ten great
men.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04
First Publication March e9th.
An Ordinance.

An Ordinance providing for the numbering of
houses and buildings fronting on streets and
Section 1. Be it ordained b y.the Mayor and
Council of the. City of Yankton, that all
houses and buildings fronting on any public
street or avenue within the city of Yankton
shall be numbered in conformity with the
provisions in this ordinance contained,
Sec. 2. Buildings on the east side of auy
entitled. to receive even numbers and buildings
on the west side thereof shall receive odd mum
bera. buildings on the north side Of any streets
or avenues shall be entitled to receive even
numbers, and buildings on the south side shall
receive odd numbers.
Sec. 8; On streets running north and south
Missouri river and shall number northward as
far as said streets extend or may hereafter be
extended. On streets running east and west
buildings shall commence to mum Der Oh Doug.
las Avenue, numbering east and west there
from.
Sec. 4. The first number on the east side OF
streets running north and south, north of
Second street. shall be two bundled, ana pro-
ceediAg thence northWGrd the numbers shall
increase at the rate of one hundred for each
block, or space between two streets and the
first number on the east side after passing the
intersection of any street with the street to be
numbered proceeding northward shall be a
south of Second street shall be numbered In
the same manner that they would be if the
blocks were full. Blocks commencing at the
rIyer with one hundred.
Sec. 5. On all streets intersecting Douglas
Avenue on the east side, the first number on
the north side of said streets so intersectins
shall be one hundred and the first number or
the south side shall be one hundTed and one
and proceeding thence eastward the numbers
shall increase at the rate of one hundred mum
beers for each block or space between two
streets, and the first number on the north side
of the street to be numbered after passing any
intersection of any street shall be a multiple OF
one hundred and shall be one hundred greater
than the first number on the block preceding
Sec. q. All streets proceeding westward from
Douglas Avenue, shall be numbered in like
manner, to those running esst. and to designate
said numbers the words East or West shall.
be between the number and name of the street
according as the same be east or west of said
Douglas Avenue.
Sec. 4. Each door on all streets shall bt
entitled to a number and vacant lots fronting
on said streets shall be entitled to their proper
numbers.
Sec. 8. The city engineer shall furnish the
proper number for any house, lot or building
to any person applying therefor, upon payment
by such person SO applying the sum of twenty
five cents fees.
&c., 8. This ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage and approval,
Passed March 2lst, 1887.
E. Nj. yBRIEN, City Clerk,
Approved March 2sth. 1887.
{. J.B. HARRIS, Mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04
First Publication March 18th.
An Ordinance

Empowering Ephriam Miner, Joseph Ward
and Malcolm Walker, to erect, construct main
TAN ana DO Operate c;ts ef : y ssssem OF an e5e far al Lighting
mission oil power, and granting to said parties
the use of streets, alleys and other public
grounds for said purposes for the term of
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council
of the city of Yankton
Ward and Malcolm Walker. their heirs exc
cutors, administrator and assigns, be and
the same are hereby authorized and empower
ed TO erect, construct, maintain and operate a
period of twenty years within the city of Yank-
ton, and the said Ephraim Miner, Joseph
the use of SO much of any streets, alleys or
other public grounds, as shall be necessary for
the erection, construction, maintenance and
o. GRAFTON of said electric lighting systems and
for the transmission of power. for the period of
twenty years.
Sec. 2. In the event of any subsequent apeli-
cation for similar privileges as above granted,
by any other parties, the city council shall not
take any action IN the matter nntil after the
question of gtantlng such use Of the streets and
aleys and public groends. shall have been
submitted to a vote of the citizens of Yankton.
Provided, however, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall authorize the said Ephriam Miner,
Joseph Ward and Maleom Walker, in the con-
struction or use of said electric light system or
systems, to interfere With or impair the public
use of said streets, alleys OF public grounds, or
to prevent the mayor and council, from estab-
fishing, and enforcing reasonable ordinances
regulating the use and occupation by said
Ephriam Miner, Joseph Ward and Malcom
Walker, OF said streets and alleys and public
grounds.
Sec. 3. This ordinance is conditioned upon
the said Ephriam Miner. Joseph Ward and
Malcom Walker, commencing the erection OF
the necessary plant of machinery, power and
electrical apparatus within ninety days from
the date of the approval of this ordinance. and
the completion of the same with reasonable
disigeace and despatch and the maintenance
of the same during the continuance of
this ordinance, otherwise the same shall be
null RRd void.
and after its passage and approval,
Passed March oath, 1887.
6. nj. O'BRIRN, City Clerk.
Approved March 2Sth, 1887.
G. j. Is. HARRIS, Mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04
Evolution Of a Genius.

TX the future genius is to be poet or musi-
ciin, then this preparer of his future i~ntellect-
ual food must besbropght into contact with
color, form, harmony, it matters not of how
rude a form. Color there must be, even
though it be only the glory Of sunset clouds.
or the massed foliage against tile gray granite
of towering cliffs; music there must be,
though it be but the lowing of cattle softened
and echoed back by the hills, or the soughing
of the wind through the trees. All this
wealth of imagery, these stores of harmony,
lie dormant i'll the brain of the first genera
ton, bull the strength and the rude culture
which they beget are transmitted and the
second generation comes into a rich heritage,
blessed by visions of beauty and dreams Of
glory for which there is seemingly no ac-
counting.
Other influences are now at work; charac-
t~eristics of another line center, within him,
and his character gathers strength and
breadth His is the power of perception, but
in him the power of reflection is born also.
He perceives images, he gathers facts, he
traces relations, but beyond that his mind Ia
chaos. Thoughts dit hither and thither; sug-
gestions come and go, but he lacks the power
to restrain and concentrate them, he fails to
classify them. He has a love of the beauti-
full and he longs to enlbody his ideals, but,
alas, the power is not with him. Men recog-
nize that he has talent, and marvels that he
fails to reach the expected goal, and when
the end comes he signs over his seemingly
mistaken life.
The third generation now comes upon the
scene; thoroughly panoplied is he, for he has
received by transmission the treasures of the
two preceding generations. His mind begins
to work from within rather than to absorb
from without; he sees, he reflects, but more
than this, he has constructive ability. He
assimilates, he classifies, he reasons, he
creates. His is the hand that brides the
swift coursers of thought; his the voice that
eyokes order out of chaos. The work is
done; behold the genius. Julia A. Fiisch in
The Current.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04
Tne Yerdict Una,,a,nous

w. d. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes.
titles: 81 can recommend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy. Every hottie
sold has given reliaf in every case. One
man took six bottles, and was cured o.
rheumatism Of ten Years' standing
Abraham Hare, druggist, Beliviie, Ohio.
afirms: "The best selling medicine
have ever handled in my 20 years expert
ence. is Electric Bitters." Thousands oil
others have added their testimony, so thai
the verdict is unanimous that Electric
Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver
Kidneys or Blood. Only q half a dollar
q bottle at Purdy Brecht's.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04
Erctte,nent -, Tenns.

Great excitment has been caused in the
vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the remarkable
recovery of Mr.. j. E. Corley, who was 80
helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise
his head; everybody said he was dying Oh
Consumption. A trial bottle Of DIR. Kings
New Discovery was aent him. Finding
relief. he bought a large bottle and a box
OF DIR. Kings New Life Pills; BY the time
he had taken two boxes of Pills and two
bottles of the Discovery, he was well and
had gained in flesh thirtY-six pounds. Trial
Bottles of this Great Discovery for Con.
sumption free at Purdy q Brecht's.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04
Ruckten's Ayntca satye

The best SalYe in the world for Outs,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblein
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pos.
itively. cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price Is cents par box.
For Sale by the Excelsior Drug Store Of
Purdy 8 Brecht.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04

FOR DYSPEPSIA and LIVER Com
plant, you have a printed guarantee on
every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. 1t never
fails to cure. Sold by DR.. Vanderhule.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04

A writer says there is some club in New
York to which every man who OWLS a dress
suit is eligible.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04

Correspondents; Chemical National bank.
New y2Ek. ConaeretAi National Bank, OH.
Exz-eeii EgahAnga on al, the priuotpai citizen
~ aarops. ~ collections recolye promps
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
PLATFORM OF THE PROGRESSIVE
LABOR PARTY,

At meeting held IN Webster
Hall, New York. September 8,
representatives from labor organi-
cations throughout the state of
New York unanimously adopted
thief following platform of princi-
Piles:
Whereas, Realizing the necessity Of con-
slant vigilance and united action, the vari-
GUS trade organizations Of the city Of New
York have establisheds . representative body
known as the Central Labor Union; and,
Whereas. Their declared purpose in so do
Ing was ITO assist each other in ali struggles,
political and Industrial" against the en-
croachments Of capitalistic oligarcny. hos
tile to labor and destructive to American
liberty; and,
Whereas. we hold with the Central Labor
Union:
i. '.That the soil Of every country il the
social and common inheritance Of the peo-
ple."
q THAT labor produces al wealth" !" which
includes the instruments through which
alone the forces Of nature become aeceasi.
BILE.
s. "That all should" therefore, have
free access to land" and 70 the instruments
OF production" without tribute 70 lAndlorda
and monopolists."
4. "Thatthere can b no harmony between
capital and labor under The present indus
trial system" which elthsR dWAxfb or snip
presses individual development By aenyina
to the masses Of the American people thsil
inalienable night 70 liis. liberty and tAs pss'
suit OF happinesA
S. THAT the emancipation ef the woFkina
classes must b achieved by the working
classes themselves . through ''ths sstablish.
ment," a. demanded By ths Xnights q L.
Dor, "of cooperative inssitatioas, such u
win tend to supsEosds TIE wage system by
the introduction Of . cooperA4ivs inudstsial
system:" and.
Whereas. The Central Labor Union. IN
pursuance Of IT. objscA has On ssvera1 oeea
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
THE STATE PLATFORM.

We, the LABOR PARTY, of Colo
RADIO, do declare our adherence to
the National Platform of the Un-
ion Labor Party as adopted at
Cincinnati, Ohio, and our approx
al as we'll of the Clarendon Hall
United Labor Party Declaration.
We hope for unity between the
two upon broadplatform includ-
ing all the Rights of Man.
We further declare that all men and
women are born free and with equal rights;
that they are endowed with certain ina
lenable rights among which are the right
of all 10 life and the means of living
liberty and the conditions assem-
tial TO liberty, the right of all to equal and
exact justice and to the free use Of the
legitimate means necessary 70 enforce IL,
ana the right 10 the pursuit Of happiness.
We declare these 10 be the basic principles
Of the Labor Movement, whether domes-
tic OF foreigL, and we invite 70 their sup
port and adherancc, all honest men ire
spcctive Of nationality or creed.
We denounce the secret conspiracy (nov
being made manifest, among the monopo-
listic and aristocratic classes) 70 steal
from US, the people, by bribed legislatures,
corrupted courts and servile executives,
our dearest constitutional rights, as raxAs-
ON pure and unalloyed. We declare that
we will resist TO the uttermoet the attem pts
now being made in dozen states OF this
land to suppress the right Of free speech,
TO kill the labor press, TO deprive us of
Jury trials and presentments, TO disarm
the people, 70 enforce unlawful seizures
and searches Of persons, papers, houses
and effects, to destroy the rights Of public
aseemblage, protect and petition, and 70
deprive us Of ths ballot.
We insist that the robbery Of the public
treasury shall cease; that bribery and
Doodle must 60; that election frauds must
stop; that taxes be laid justly upon the
rich and poor alike; that justice be free;
that the rich criminal shall not escape the
Jan; and that the poor man shall not be
founded TO death, desperation or despair.
We declare that franchises for public
works shall no longer be corruptly granted
70 private corporations but shall be owned
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22

- s1ueasd hsi>ls psep1a, ~ 'tAsfess
- vsss.s &vts s,sss ske,la ). = ~
snilio1cto1 W loiq1pbp y eoet ~ ~
toiIsgs q ~ 49, ~ he noilszs = W
shOpo GaA M to6oe, ~ q 0odb M
eifls 70 ma, q ~ oost Psiee of 60
0Isue1ine au1 nnin1a1ltng the pfopee vst-
q wuflS ~ - ~ 6ys(s0.
Tho. 1inGs a. ~ o1ats n1st b - ID
ministered 8 . bsnsAt ths Working
niasss nom ~ - fotsign stcsk-heldslS
Ths ihanjty % Srengs under vhish ths
vorkers ond pedd1sets su4e1, pfecluds .
further spsof1sotiou. But The United L.
Dor Party sIopds pledged to remedy thsm,
one ana q y titutiensl mslhod6 -
far q huma1 ,Vis1on, bonsst daeds. and =
deep and abiding love Of humanity and
our Auasfiean 'i1s1itutions can serve 20 70
do. of a.l.rf ~.
We believe he dicta Of science that Dow
srty eaA ehd must be abolished, that seims
and misery can and shall be destroyed and
that be who will not work, alone ought not
to eat tt os4 l-iIn ri41't 4. =
The time has come for party Of hon
est men, true to their convictions and
fearing nothing but TO do . dishonest cot.
This the United Labor Party shan Be. or
u 1hall NOT live. filfv. sal
To our aid and support We call the Of
forts Of al who love their country and win
recognise The supremacy Of moral instead
of selfish obligations.
We afirm that We alone are the party Of
true Amsficsnism, combining honest
democracy and progressive republicanism
in fact. intead Of in name alone.